FFXIV 3.2 Ninja (NIN) Best in Slot (BiS) Gear

It’s the year of the damn Ninja, fellas! While 3.0 didn’t change much in terms of NIN rotation, they’ve been part of the so-called ‘best possible raid composition’ for 3.0, and that’s quite something! If you aspire to raid as a Ninja, here’s the best possible gear you could aim (or rather, scout) for!

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While some Ninjas enjoy high skillspeed… well.. you cannot goad yourself. This set has a disgusting 966 Critical Hit Rate. Nearly the highest attainable for a 210 set. The only TINY TINY downside of this BiS is being a few points off frontal accuracy. Meh.

NIN BiS Discussion, Notes & Options

To be honest, the few points off frontal accuracy (A4) wont kill you. If your teams strategy puts you 100% on Jagd duty, something’s wrong. And even if you do, you’ll miss a very tiny percentage of your hits (0.05 or so).

Iga Tekko and Gordian Sabatons of scouting are the only body pieces even worth keeping as accuracy filler. Everything else is desynthesis level (unless of course you’re going 190->210).

With two accessory being Gordian, you can also use many of your A1S pages for filler. Even if they aren’t too good, they sure beat 190 – and can help fix your accuracy problems. Of course make sure to buy Ring > Neckband with your first A1S pages. Since only Gloves are from A2S, again, save up the pages for good ‘ol Illuminati Gobcoat – which you’ll be needing a lot of (Accessories, belt).

So if you’ve noticed there’s only a few gordian pieces here. It’s a good and bad thing. Luckily neither the head or legs are from A3 so you can save up for those Illuminati Gobtwines!

3.0 Ninja Esoterics Buy Order

If you’re wondering what to buy with Esoterics as Ninja, and in what order:

Weapon: Not exactly BiS, but worth it if A4S is a long ways off.

Head: Value of Heavens! Fixes accuracy and gives crit!

Legs: Careful, no accuracy but gives a metric ton of DPS.

Boots: A mini version of the legs.

Belt: ACC/CRIT, great value.

Bracelet Is the best accessory by far. Necklace is probably the next best thing (+ACC)

Earring is then more value than Ring.

Everything else is optional and non-BiS! (Just buy for more power)

Body is a notable Accuracy filler in the meantime…

Gloves are also a notable Accuracy filler…

If you have the Illuminati Gobcoat, consider buying belt above boots. If you’re having accuracy problems, buy it after the body!

NIN Melded Gear Viability? VIT Accessories?

Ninja feelin’ squishy? needs some VIT/HP? First off we identify the worst accessory. That’s probably Fabled Ring of Aiming . Bad news is, the “not too good BiS accessories” don’t line up with the “value melded ones”. Even more so than with Ninja or Machinist, the options for melded right are slim.

All in all, just ‘cut your losses’ and meld Chrysolite Ring of Aiming: VIT IV – VIT IV – VIT IV – (ACC OR CRIT ANY) – VIT IV. I’d personally suggest ACC IV on the free slot. Chrysolite Earring of Aiming is your next choice if you need any more VIT. But if you do… there’s a problem.

180 Crafted Left for Ninja

So if you’re rich enough – here’s how I’d meld them. (This tier is strange, with the abundance of filler gear 180/190, these are largely useless)

Again, overall, these aren’t the best bang for buck. 190 shouldn’t be so hard to get. But, they have their merits. If I were to buy any number of these… I’d start with Chest > Gloves > Hat > Belt >>> Legs >>> Boots. Your Ninja can definitely gain some power from the chest/gloves.

Summary of usefulness:Head: GREAT but ESO head is BiS and a near first purchase. Purely a luxury.Body: AMAZING filler piece that can last you all the way.Hands: Great piece but, I’d use 180 if im under ACC, use 190 if you’re over. Luxury.Belt: Really good but the ESO belt being cheap and high on the buy list… Skip.Legs: DO NOT INVEST HERE, unless you wont be seeing your eso legs in, like, a month.Boot: BAD. Just use the 180.

Already commented saying this…in the purchase order for ESOTERICS you are stating that the chest piece is BiS and gives crit, again, it does not, that is the GORDIAN chest piece, not ESOTERIC. Very misleading stating it as BIS when it’s covered in Skillspeed.

why would you swap out ironworks for dreadwyrm pants, instead of swapping out dreadwyrm wrists for ironworks? calcutated both and swapping out the wrists for augmented puts you at acc cap while having higher crit/det and less skill speed…..